Get a Good Look at What to Expect From Samantha Bee's Full Frontal
Samantha Bee’s Full Frontal just dropped another preview segment, this one dedicated to women and their trials with Veterans Affairs. Taken with all the previous clips, we’re starting to get a good sense of what the show will look like, in advance of Monday’s premiere. (We already know they have one of the most…
Alright Then, That Gilmore Girls Reboot Is Actually Happening
Although rumors have been swirling in the crisp Connecticut air since last summer, we are now officially officially getting a Gilmore Girl’s reboot. So, ok then.
Lifetime's The Mother/Daughter Experiment Is Some Morally Questionable Shit
Lifetime—television for women—will soon debut The Mother/Daughter Experiment: Celebrity Edition, a reality series in which mothers/daughter pairs will attempt to resolve years of family trauma while (seemingly) living in the same house and being filmed. Much like Lifetime’s definition of “celebrity,” the show’s…
Crazy Ex Girlfriend Reminds Us That Women (Even the Bitches You Hate) Gotta Stick Together
Last night on Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Valencia—the romantic rival of the show’s protagonist Rebecca Bunch—got to show off her softer side with the pop-country anthem “Women Gotta Stick Together.” But try as she might, the poor sexy yoga instructor (played by Gabrielle Ruiz) had a hard time putting her girl power message…
Unsurprisingly, Samantha Bee's Writers Room Is One of the Most Diverse in Late Night
A recent Samantha Bee interview in New York Magazine reveals that the writers room for her new show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, is “50 percent female and 30 percent nonwhite,” making it one of the most (if not the most) diverse writing staffs in late night.
HBO Exec Says True Detective Season 2 Was Mostly His Fault
If you’re still seething about the mumbled, limp-haired mess that was True Detective Season 2, you should (1) move on and get a life! Everybody’s talking about Fargo now! And (2) you finally have someone to direct your anger at: HBO’s President of Programming, Michael Lombardo, who says it’s mostly his fault.
With Telenovela & Superstore, Two Beloved Latinas Return to Primetime
Tonight, NBC officially debuts two new shows marking the return of two beloved Latina actors—Eva Longoria and America Ferrera—to primetime network television. And, surprise! On first glance, both Telenovela and Superstore are somewhat zany comedies with heart and soul that show off the best of each actor’s comedic…
Making a Murderer Is Good, But What Is It Good For?
First, let’s toast to Netflix’s impeccable timing. It’s hard to imagine a better moment when the platform could have released Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos’s series Making a Murderer. Its target audience of socially conscious liberals with the kind of disposable income that can fund a Netflix subscription and the…
The Affair's Tragic, Screwed-Up Characters: They're Just Like Us!
The Affair moonlights as a mystery, the question of who hit and killed wayward junkie Scott Lockhart with their car threading through and unraveling the whole of the show, which wrapped its second season Sunday night. (As a plot device, vehicular manslaughter also propelled a show that, without it, would consist…
Selita Ebanks Is a Mom and Whoopi's a Nosy Neighbor In Nicki Minaj's Family Sitcom
Nicki Minaj revealed the cast for her ABC Family sitcom on Instagram Friday, the new place for sending out press releases. Model Selita Ebanks, along with a few unfamiliar faces, make up the leads.
Popular TV Shows We Stopped Watching in 2015, For Reasons Like 'They Sucked'
For several years now, we have been in the throes of an era critics like to refer to as a “TV renaissance.” This ostensibly means that since the success of The Sopranos and The Wire, writers, directors and producers have been challenging themselves to make better, more literary and long-lasting series, built upon…
Study: Abortion Patients on TV Are Overwhelmingly Young, Wealthy and White
A new study looking at television portrayals of abortion found that fictional abortion patients are overwhelmingly younger, wealthier, and whiter than abortion patients in real life. “That’s true of everything on TV,” you could argue, correctly, but the authors point out it could contribute to public misunderstanding…

